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FEATURES A VIDEO ABOUT THIS HTTPS// YOUTU.  BE/ 21Q0HFQWTPQ.  THE OPTIMUM
HEIGHT FOR A DIPOLE, WHICH OFFERS THE LOWEST MAIN LOBE WITHOUT STARTING TO
BIFURCATE THE LOBE, IS ONE HALF WAVELENGTH.  FOR 10 METERS, THATS ABOUT 5
METERS OR 16R4 FEET.  THE 6 METER ANTENNAS OPTIMUM HEIGHT IS 3 METERS OR
ABOUT 10 FEET.  THATS NOT VERY HIGH, SO IF YOU PUT THESE ANTENNAS HIGHER,
THE MAIN LOBE WILL BEGIN TO SPLIT INTO MULTIPLE LOBES, GIVING YOU SOME
VERTICAL ANGLES IN WHICH YOUR ANTENNA WILL NOT RECEIVE SIGNALS WELL, AS
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SHOWN IN FIGURE 2.  TROUBLE BEING HEARD ON HF Q MIKE AFFHOLTER, KK6WBS,
ASKS DOES LIVING IN A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD IN THE CENTRAL VALLEY OF
MODESTO, CALIFORNIA, PUT MY ZS6BKW ANTENNA AND DX COMMANDER ANTENNA AT A
DISADVANTAGE?  A THE CENTRAL VALLEY IS A HUGE AGRICULTURAL AREA WITH A
LARGE POPULATION.  IF YOU CAN GET HIGH ENOUGH TO SEE THE SIERRA NEVADA TO
THE EAST AND THE COAST TO THE WEST, YOULL NOTICE THAT THE MOUNTAINS ARE
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